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24hrs 594km bike ride for Sue Ryder

Challenge complete

Fundraising for this challenge has ended so we're no longer accepting donations. Thanks to everyone who supported this challenge.

Total raised so far£0.00

Target£0.00

Total plus Gift Aid: £0.00

Raised offline: £0.00

My story

[p]I am doing another 24 hour endurance bike ride for Sue Ryder hospices&nbsp; on [b]4 July[/b] and hope you might able to afford a small donation.&nbsp;[/p] [p]Your donation will help ensure that Sue Ryder can continue to offer hospice and at-home care of the highest standards to people with terminal conditions. They REALLY do great work.[/p] [p]Please read on ...[/p][p][/p][p][lt]img title="Sue Ryder - Incredible care for incurable illness" src="http://www.book-to-ride.com/sue_ryder_motto.jpg" alt="Sue Ryder motto" width="428" height="262" /[gt][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]My target this year is to cycle [b]594 km[/b] in one day, alone. In 2013, when I did the event for the first time, I managed 522km, on my 52nd birthday. In 2014, I managed 558km.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][lt]img title="Sue Ryder charity bike ride" src="http://www.book-to-ride.com/sue_ryder_2.jpg" alt="Sue Ryder charity bike ride" width="429" height="154" /[gt][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]My route will again be a loop going from Cardington to Old Warden to Ickwell to Northill to Cople and back through Cardington - the loop is 18km, so my target is 33 laps. The course is not flat![/p][p]This equates to 4 years' worth of BRCC Evening League time trials on this course, ridden in one day. Plus one SPOCO loop.[/p][p]I will start at noon, outside the BRCC HQ in Cardington.[/p][p][/p][p]Many thanks in anticiapation of your support.[/p][p][/p][p][lt]img title="GL sign" src="http://www.london-electronics.com/sign_graham_blue.jpg" alt="GL sign" width="155" height="97" /[gt][/p][p][/p][p][b]The outcome:[/b][/p][p]Well, I didn't achieve my target. I was on course to exceed it up to 200km, after which the heat of the day got the better of me and I abandoned the attempt at 369km at 5am on Sunday.[/p][p]Here is a record of the ride. Note the temperature and my heart rate at around 175km when I began feeling ill, throwing up - I think from mild heat-stroke.[/p][p]At 250km I had the runs as well, and got less and less able to keep up the speed I needed. Eventually, I ground to a halt and that was that.[/p][p][lt]img src="http://www.book-to-ride.com/24h_04072015.png" alt="" width="711" height="275" /[gt][/p][p][/p][p]See full record [url=http://www.book-to-ride.com/24h_04072015.png]here[/url][/p][p]I had planned to try again on 18-19 July, but my Mum was admitted to hospital on 16 July and needs close support from her family, so I shall need to re-schedule - perhaps 3rd time lucky![/p][p]Many thanks to everyone who has been so generous to donate - it is greatly appreciated by myself and Sue Ryder Hospice![/p][p][/p][p]All the best,[/p][p]Graham[/p]